The Flower Borders in 

 the Garden of Mixed 

 Flowers. 



1HAVE had opportunities of both planning and re- 

 planning several gardens in and near Stockholm, 

 and in order to help amateur-gardeners I will give 

 a brief description of the three main types of garden 

 schemes I have employed. 



On an island in the inner group of the Stockholm 

 Archipelago (all-in-all there are 200 islands) there is a 

 yellow-washed cottage on a rocky slope close by the shore. 

 It is surrounded by tall trees. 



One could not think of having a conventional garden 

 here, where one had to roll the boulders aside and 

 dig up old roots in order to plant anything at all. Only 

 those roots, tree-stumps, and stones that proved actually 

 decorative were permitted to remain. The largest and 

 most unwieldly naturally had to be left, and formed the 



boundary for the 

 garden. 



Wherever a 

 boulder was rolled 

 away, the hollow 

 was filled with rich 

 soil. Thus excel- 

 lent places for the 

 new plants were 

 soon ready. 



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